Barry Frosty Smith
Experience
Drums & Percussion, Soulhat (Austin, TX) – Retired
- 1991-Released Live At The Black Cat Lounge (Currant Records)
- 1992 Licensed Outdebox to Spindletop Records
- 1993 Signed to Sony/Epic Records (NY,NY)
- 1994 Released Good To Be Gone (Epic)
Texas Recording & Performing
- Alejandro Escovido
- Omar and the Howlers
- Delbert McClinton
- Doug Sahm and the Texas Mavericks
- Texana Dames
- Tex Thomas & the Danglin’ Wranglers
- W.C. Clark Blues Review
- Numerous appearances on Austin City Limits (PBS)
- The Texas Connection (TNN)
National Recording & Performing
- Lee Michaels
- Sly & the Family Stone
- Parliament/Funkadelic
- Rare Earth
- Steve Miller Blues Band
- numerous Mowtown recording sessions
- numerous jingles and commercials
- 1969-1970 San Francisco and Los Angeles
Endorsements
- Vader Stick Company -Contact: John Dawkes
- Fibes Drums -Contact: Tommy/ Tommy’s Drum Shop
- Purecussion -Contact: Kent Peterson
- Sabian Cymbals -Contact: Bobby Boos
- Aquarian Products -Contact: Benny Ortiz
Awards & Citations
- Austin Music Awards: Best Drummer (1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993)
- Austin Music Awards: Best Rock Band (Soulhat, 1993)
- Austin Music Awards: Best Cassette (Soulhat Live at the Black Cat Lounge)
- Drums & Drumming: “Most Innovative Drummers of the 1960s”
Partial Discography
- Lee Michaels – Lee Michaels (1969 – A&M Records)
- Lee Michaels – Barrel (1970 – A&M Records)
- Lee Michaels – Tailface (1971 – A&M Records)
- Sweathog – Sweathog (1972 – Columbia Records)
- Sweathog – Halleluja (1973 – Columbia Records)
- Creation – Creation (1973 – Atlantic Records)
- Parliment/Funkadelic – Let’s Take It To The Stage (1974 – Westbound)
- Rare Earth – Back To Earth (1974 – Motown Records)
- Rare Earth – Midnight (1976 – Motown Records)
- Delbert McClinton – Play’n From The Heart (1980 – Capricorn Records)
- Butch Hancock Own and Own (1989 – Sugar Hill Records)
- Texas Mavericks – Texas Mavericks
- Texana Dames – Texana Dames (1990 – Amazing Records)
- Tex Thomas – Screamin’ Sixela (1989)
- Soul Hat – Live At The Black Cat (1991 – Currant Records)
- Soulhat – Outdebox (1992 – Currant Records)
- Soulhat – Good to Be Gone (1994 – Epic Records)
- Soulhat – Soulhat (1998 – SHAT Records)
- Soulhat – Experiment on a Flat Plane (2000 – Terminus Records)